It was Lucia's and Cole's first day at work as Jade's personal assistants. They were both outside Jade's office, waiting for her arrival.Before now, Jade had briefed them on what she wants and doesn't want them to do. One of the things she required of them was for them to be at the company before the time the company door opened. And when it opens, they were to stand before her office door waiting for her arrival."Jade is out to get us. We are doing this to have our revenge but she is the one having the revenge," Cole complained. "I don't think I can bear this anylonger.""Don't you get angry whenever people insult you? We had to bear insults from people because of them. Why can't we bear a little insult from them and get back at them afterward," Lucia said. "If I get my hands on that Barbie, I would show her that the woman who brought to this world is capable of sending her away too."Since she was thrown away by J. J. Fulton and his daughter, the hatred she had for the both them in
"Why would my father just want us to get a divorce without any valid reason?" Jade frowned. She paced up and down the room.Since her father had threatened to end his life if she did not divorce Bruce, Jade threatened to do the same if she was forced to divorce Bruce.With that, both Jade and Bruce left the Fulton mansion for Bruce's mansion situated in the richest neighborhood in town."I thought your father wanted a rich son-in-law," Bruce said. "Now that he knows that I am Astor Ace's son, shouldn't he be happy? As my father-in-law, I can give him whatever he wants with my company that can benefit him tremendously.""My father knows this too. I am sure of it, but why did he reject you immediately after he knew who you were? The most baffling part is how hard he rejected you compared to when I had introduced you to him at first. Then, he only wanted you out of his house and threatened to send me away if I remained married to you. Now that he knows you're the richest man in existence
"You're joking, right?" Bruce remembered asking Lucia after she told him why J. J. Fulton wanted him to stay away from his daughter."Why do you think Mr. Archibald disapproves of us? If you think I'm lying, you can ask Mr. Archibald yourself."He remembered how he had dashed out of her house angrily. He glanced at his phone screen just like he had been doing at intervals from the time he left Lucia's house.He wanted to call Mr. Archibald so he could hear that Lucia was lying about the father of his wife, the same woman he was beginning to like, being part of the death of his parents.He could not call, afraid that Mr. Archibald would confirm Lucia's words. How would he stay beside the daughter of the man that contributed to his parents' death?Bruce finally got home and from outside, he saw that the lights he had switched off before leaving were switched on.He wondered who would have gotten into his house when he was away. He shrugged, with the thought that the person inside was Mr
"The number you're dialing is currently not reachable. Please, try again later. Thank you.""Arghhh!"J. J. Fulton smashed the phone in his hand on the ground. He had been trying to reach his daughter for days but the efforts were futile.For the past few days, J. J. Fulton lived a life of fear. He had witnessed how Astor Ace's son finished up Nicholas Athen. He was scared that he would do the same to him. It scared him. What was scarier was the fact that Jade was nowhere to be found."You're finally here."J. J. Fulton frowned as soon as he walked into his office.Lucia was seated on his chair and it annoyed every bit of him. "What are you doing here?""Where else should I be? With your daughter, telling how contributed to the death of her in-laws," Lucia replied with a smirk and J. J. Fulton clenched his fists."Just tell me what you want and get the hell out of here," J. J. Fulton lashed out."Mind the way you speak to me." Lucia sounded bitter. "If you don't, I will leave and I c
"Are you sure about this?""My Dad is nothing like Lucia. He seems mean but has a good heart," Jade said, without taking her eyes off the road. "Really?" Bruce felt bad for Jade. Both of parents were jerks. She recently found out how evil her mother was and her father was about to break her heart just like her mother did. "You shouldn't trust people too much," Bruce warned and Jade laughed"I know, but thus is my father we're talking about here. He looks really intimidating and acts so but he can't hurt a fly."‘Well he hurt my parents. Helped Nicholas Athen send them to the land of no return.’ Bruce wanted to say but he said nothing. He did not want to ruin the smile on Jade's face. "He was talking about forgiveness," Jade continued talking. "He said if we push everyone away, we would end up lonely. He wants our family to be together." Jade frowned. "He called Lucia and her son back home for this cause. At first, I was annoyed but I later decided not to let it affect me. That hou
Bruce paced about his room.He growled angrily in frustration. He had solved the problem of Bryan threatening his life and now another sprang up. It was annoying. Whenever it seems like there is a happy ending in sight, something always sprang up."I have to get myself and Jade far from here as soon as possible." He frowned. The problem was that Jade seemed adamant on remaining in town with her family members."She is surrounded by snakes but she's too naive to know that she is.""Bruce." It was Jade. She walked into the room— their room."Dad's sick. He is complaining that no one in the house cares that he was sick." Bruce rolled his eyes. Bruce felt sure of one thing— that Mr. J. J. Fulton was not sick."Are you seriously rolling your eyes? It's your father in law we're talking about here. He kept on telling me that you make it hard for him to accept him and I now see why."J. J. Fulton was up to something. What it was was just hard for Bruce to decipher."If you want us to be on
"Looks like I'm back to you," Bruce said to himself as he walked into his former room in the Fulton's mansion. Like he had predicted, J. J. Fulton's water was poisoned and the blame was pinned on him.The maids were interrogated but the fact still remained that he had gotten the water to give his father in law all by himself without the help of any of the maids. Of course, the maids had nothing to do with J. J. Fulton's poisoning. His father in law had planned everything. He was okay even before the doctor began treatment which showed that he had the antidote of whatever poison he used in poisoning himself.He hoped Jade had some faith in him, but it seemed like her faith in him was too little."Did you really think I did it?" Bruce remembered asking Jade who was pacing up and down her room, while he stood at the door of their room which was now back to Jade's room."I don't know what to think." That was Jade's reply. "I have been proven wrong for distrusting you many times, but
"I said he did not do it. Why don't you just forget it?""Dad, I'm not arguing with you on whether or not Bruce poisoned you. I did not think he did and that was why I did not get him arrested in the first place despite how much you had insisted. I just want to know how you got poisoned. What did you see or find out that warranted this sudden change of who you think poisoned you?"Bruce smirked as he heard J. J. Fulton sigh in frustration. After much pleading from J. J. Fulton, he had told him that he wouldn't play the audio recording for Jade to hear if he was able to convince Jade that he had nothing to do with the poison he drank. He was unwilling to be that merciful, but Bruce was worried about Jade's mental health.If Jade found that her father was very much like her mother, Lucia, Jade would be devastated. J. J. Fulton was not out of Bruce's wrath though. If there was anything Bruce was sure of, it would be that J. J. Fulton was in big trouble and that trouble would be from him.